Grain-elevator.



No. 728.771- PATENTED MAY 19, 1903.

J. B. SOHUMAN:

GRAIN ELEVATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 20, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GRAIN-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forniing part of Letters Patent N0. 728,771, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed August 20,1902. Serial No. 120,326. (No modem To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. SOHUMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Elevators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in grain-elevators, and is adapted more particularly for use upon threshing-machines and other forms of grainseparators.

My object is to provide a device that will deliver the grain from the top of the machine intoany suitable receptacle-such as sacks, a wagon-bed, or the like.

A further and special object of my device is to so locate certain cooperating parts with respect to the top of the machine that the grain may be readily delivered at will at a desired distance from the machine on either side thereof.

Other-objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification. r

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a threshing-separator with my improvement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view of the blast-fan or throwing-wheel and accessory parts. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view thereof, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the bearing as seen from the dotted-line 0c 00 in Fig. 3.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the drawings, of which 1 indicates a separator, which may be of any preferred form or construction. Mounted upon one side of the separator in any preferred way, one end of which registers with the usual discharge-spout common to all separators, is an elevator 2,having at its upperend a delivery-spout 3, through which the grain is delivered into any preferred weigher 4 or hopper. The grain is carried from the discharge-spout (not shown) of the separator up to the delivery-spout 3 by means of buckets 5 or any form of elevator, it being immaterial what class of elevator is used.

It has heretofore been difficult to deliver grain at any desired point on either-side, above, or in front or in the rear of the machine or into a wagon or other receptacle so located without carrying it to a great height above the machine and the use of heavy and costly machinery. To obviate all these serious objections and at the same time to deliver the threshed grain or other product at any desired point on either side, above, or in front or in the rear of the machine or into a wagon or receptacle so located, I mount the fan-housing 6 in a horizontal position upon and in respect to the top of the machine 1,-

the said housing having a downwardly-extending tubular shaft 7, the said shaft being adapted to fit down into and be supported by a tubular socket 8, the said socket being secured to the separator in any preferred manner, as by brackets 9. The upper side of the housing 6 is provided with a hopper 10, into which the grain is discharged from the weigher 4:. The housing 6 is also provided with a suitable discharge-pipe 11, said pipe being preferably cylindrical in form, having a suitable delivery-spout 12 at its outer end, and being attached directly to the housing 6 by a flexible joint 13. The pipe 11 is preferably made in two or more sections telescopically attached together and is designed to be raised or lowered and also supported through the medium of the cable 14, as shown, the said cable being controlled by a swivelly-mounted winding-drum 15.

Entering through an orifice in the lower end of the tubular socket 8 and through the tubular shaft 7 is a driving-shaft 16, the said shaft carrying at its upper end a series of throwing-blades 17, the lower end thereof being mounted in a suitable bearing 18, which is in turn secured to the side of the machine 1. Power is transmitted to the shaft 16 in any preferred way, as by bevel-gears 19 and 20, respectively.

It will be seen that by having the housing 6 revolubly mounted in the socket Sit may be turned so as to deliver the grain into any suitable receptacle at any desired point on either side, above, in front, or in the rear of the machine,- as clearly demonstrated by means of the full and dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

I also desire it to be understood that the earings supporting the housing 6 may be replaced by ball-bearings, if deemed desirable. In operation the grain is elevated by the buckets 5 or other means and discharged into Y the weigher 4. The grain is then automatically weighed and dumped into the hopper 10, whence it enters into the housing 6 and is thrown out through spouts 11 and 12 and into a suitable receptacle by the throwing-blades 17. By so constructing and placing the housing 6 I am enabled to build the same of very light material and at the same time retain its durability and efficiency.

Should it notbe desired to weigh the grain, the weigher 4 is dispensed with and the grain then discharged directly into the hopper 10.

While I' have described the preferred combination and construction of the parts deemed necessary to materialize my invention, I wish to comprehend all equivalents and substitutes as may be considered as falling fairly within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by.

Letters Patent, is--- 1. A grain-separator or the like having a grain-delivery chute at the top of the machine, in combination with a grain-throwing wheel having a horizontally-disposed casing located at the top of the machine and adapted to receive the grain from said chute, and a conveyer-chute cooperating with said casing adapted to swing in any desired direction whereby the grain will be delivered at the point desired all substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with agrain-separator having a grain-delivering chute terminating at the top of the machine, of a grain-throwing Wheel located below the discharging end of said chute and having a casing rotatably disposed in a horizontal plane and also having a receiving-hopper and a flexible dischargetube adapted to deliver the grain at any desired point, as set forth.

3. The combination with agrain-separator having a grain-delivering elevator extending to the top of the machine of a grain-throwing wheel having a horizontally-disposed casing, said casing being provided with a depending journal, and suitable bearings for said journal, whereby the casing may freely turn in either direction and means to deliver the grain from the casing as set forth.

4. In a grain separator and elevator, the combination with the grain-disch arge chute of a grain-throwing wheel provided with a casing and delivery-nozzle, said casing being rotatably disposed, in a horizontal plane on top of the machine and suitable means to hold it in any desired position whereby the grain may be delivered upon either side of the machine as set forth.

5. In a grain-separator, a grain-throwing wheel having a casing disposed in a horizontal plane on top of the machine and provided with a depending SiQBX'G or tubular journal in combination with a suitable supportinghearing for said sleeve, whereby the casing may be turned in either direction as desired.

6. In a grain separator and elevator, the combination with a delivery-chute of a grainthrowing wheel having a horizontallydisposed casing and a centrally-disposed depending journal, suitable receiving and supporting bearings for said journal carried by the machine, and an automatic grain-Weigher interposed between the grain-throwing wheel and the delivery-chute of the machine, all combined substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. SOHUMAN.

Witnesses:

MARY H. ARNDT, O; E. SLOAN. 

